So you have visited the Leeds Liverpool canal , I did once and it fits the first part of you piece!.
There is a canal near me that is beautiful but no Fort, but , many people live on it and also glide along (on foot)on a Sunday morning enjoying it's hidden glory.

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Hi Dave,

I am glad you and your friend like my poetry. I see it as a way to express myself and I hope others like it.

K xx

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This is very good Steve, well written, flows well, enjoyed.
Bernie

Comment is about A Performer's Tale (blog)

cheers Spencer, thats if I can find the bloody thing, lol

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it's not the age of the sword Bernie, it's how sharp you keep it. I am sure you still keep a honed edge ready for when you need it.

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Thanks Cynthia.
Bernie

Comment is about Afghanistan 1 (Burnt Sticks) (blog)

Thanks Mate.
Bernie

Comment is about Them Down Stairs (blog)

Hi Spencer, interesting re your idea of a vampire, I thought of this more in line of a very disturbed seriel killer who is not after sex but the power he gets from killing.
Bernie

Comment is about Scary Tale (blog)

"Point your guns to the sky"

we can wish my mate, we can wish.
Bernie

Comment is about Pointless 12 (blog)

Thanks Spencer, glad you enjoyed it.
Bernie

Comment is about Afghanistan 2 (The Retreat) (blog)

Thanks Steve, edit as been done as suggested.
Bernie

Comment is about Afghanistan 2 (The Retreat) (blog)

Hi Isobel,

thank you for your kind comments on my poem Shoormal. It's strange you found loss in there also, I hadn't intended it so much but I think it came through from another place. It was more about a passing moment, finding myself in one place within another, kind of..
thank you : )) Deb xx

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Hello Cate, thank you for your lovely comments on my poem Shoormal, hope all is well with you, Deb xx

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Thanks for the pictures Seamus....very much appreciated....hope to see you soon x

Comment is about Mr & Mrs Lees leaving the Bury Registry Office 09/09/09 (photo)

Have you written any metre-and/or-rhyme poetry, Mandy?

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Hi Win,
Lovely to hear from you ........ how are you? I've not been so brilliant, had a small operation last week and am currently holed up at home, bit bored, and talking rubbish .... but I'm blaming the psychesummatorother pills I'm on for that!
The video was great fun to work on, and the beauty of it is - it is Paul and Nat's work so I can disclaim it if you don't like it! But come on...you have to admit.... my rabbit is quite something! :-)
Hope to make another northern expedition in the not-too-distant future, see you then.
Take care,
Cx
p.s. .... thanks for watching it!

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Here's a small album from Gemma Lees' (nee. O'Neill) wedding last week. Thought some of her friends on WOL would like to see.

Photos by Seamus Kelly

Comment is about Mr & Mrs Lees leaving the Bury Registry Office 09/09/09 (photo)

Hey Mia
God ar'nt ya just great...

Because you can't have your sister touching your schlong
That shit’s just wrong.

I was in this nunnery once... all I 'm sayin is there can be exceptions to everything.... be cool..

Great poem

Gusxx

Comment is about Punanis, Peckers and Poems (blog)

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The image is there Bernie, I am glad to hell I wasn't. As I said before you have a good book writing technique going on and it could easily be the start,middle or end of a film.
Nice one
Spencer

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Antonionioni, Spencer Thank you both for your comments.Bernie

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Thanks Rodney for your comments on "Them Downstairs"
Bernie

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Hi again Cynthia, thanks for your comments on "Them Downstairs" glad you liked it.
Bernie

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Thanks Cynthia for your comments on "Burnt Sticks", glad you liked it.
My Favourite Film is based on a Kipling story it's called "The Man Who Would Be King", love that film.
Bernie

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I think this is a Vampire , I hope this is a Vampire. I know that it would make a wickedly good introduction to a film or book of goolish verse.
You can taste the film starting off with this and working backwards ,telling the tale.
Bloody brilliant.
Spencer

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OOH ERR MISSUS ,carry on poetry

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I really enjoyed reading this, very amusing.

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I love this poem! This is what happens when you spend a Sunday afternoon drinking coffee and writing with a true friend. Mia your a genius! Not wanting to BIG myself up too much, but I'm not far behind

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Hi Andy, thank you for your recent very kind comments on my poem Shoormal,deb x

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HI Dave, thank you for reading and posting your kind comment on my poem Shoormal. I went to a beach north of Liverpool once, near where all the red squirrells live, it was HUGE and there were winsufers and other things with wheels scooting along the sand, I can't remember the sea muddily shlurping but I was distracted by all the wind powered things...some of which were horses... nice beaches though you have down there, thanks again, Deb x

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Just read Lilley, maybe I am wrong but it seems a sad poem about he loss of someone who had and took a piece of your heart. I am lucky in the sense that ,that has not happened to me but, i know the feeling because it nearly did. I still remember that day and it is horrendous. So I admire you and on a lighter note, you aren't too bad at chucking words down either.

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Thank You Steve.
I think sometimes you need to have humour or a light approach when dealing with heavy issues. It makes an easier read and easier to focus on the images, anyway who the hell am I to say - I just write stuff and doff my cap to those who like it.
I like you verse - powerful with intricate imagery.
Spencer

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Is this is part of a dialogue..perhaps pointless 10 was the opener and this is the reply... these are like little punches , jabs that take the wind out my sails.
Steve Smith

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indeed you have Tommy, lol

Comment is about No Title To (blog)

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Bernie I have

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lost me Tommy, me being a "simple person",
Bernie

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A very interesting series of work mate, admire your "difference",
Aye , my mate there done it as regards " I don't care any more" to be BRUTAL , you get of your arse and start living,
Enjoy your writing mate.
Bernie

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Nicky- Thank you for your comment; observent and 'topical' as I am in hospital 4 weeks. Your's is a difficult interperation and yours is not ease to explain!

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Hi- It's a little belated but thanks so much for your comments on 'that cough' it's great to see how differently it's been interpreted and the impact it has.
Thanks
Cat x

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Hi Isobel - It's a little belated but thanks so much for your comments on 'that cough' it's great to see how differently it's been interpreted and the impact it has.
Thanks
Cat x

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Glad you liked Bent Heels, Cynthia.. Took a lot off work that poem.. Too much if I am honest, but am dead pleased with it!

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Regarding Bent Heels... Cheers - Dave.. Dead touched over what you said!

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I remember reading this months ago and it meant something completely different to me then than it does at this reading for me on a personal level in the underlying theme.

That is the beauty of poetry for me.
Janet.x

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Would people please comment here on the poem - for wider issues e.g. about the concept of POTM or what the site is supposed to be about - please use discussions!

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The current poem is an excellent one. My views on POM have been updated on the appropriate discussion thread. Could I just ask where you propose Kevin might stick his comment - I have a few suggestions. Sorry Paul - I am a pain in the posterior - aren't I? xx

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Agreed with everything said here.... I also really enjoyed hearing it read at the tudor on Thursay, as did the rest of the audience! The rhyming pattern and fun came over very well in performance. Good one Dave!!
Cate xx

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I am liking this antonioni!
It's funny, short and sweet!

Comment is about Pointless 10 (blog)

Some women would be more jealous of this relationship than any casual 'hanky panky' no matter how explicitly sexual. The interpersonal connection is so vital. The poem is good. I don't think it is a joke at all. I am sorry there was the physical contact of even 'the cuddle'. There ought to be the kind of male-female friendship that never notices a table between them.

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Love this Dave!
So sweet : )

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But not as much as 'no pankies' Antonionionio...
Some lovely play in words there Dave - and very well balanced and constructed. Loved hearing this at the Tudor on Thursday - such a light hearted and fun piece - we need more like this.

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Cate,
Re: For Whom The Wheel Turns:
'I would agree with you that the concience has its own way of "pay back" but I would like to think that for those who have no conscience, there is a higher order, a sort of cosmic "equalising" which applies to all things. This was what the poem was about.'

I totally agree Cate...
I believe that even if you don't have a conscience - you will eventually get what you deserve...
What goes around, comes around : )

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